The 100th Edition Of The Tour de France: Chirps, Opinions, News, Updates.

[jamiecanter]

I'll only rate Froome if he is able to do the Tour de France, Sub 3 Argus double

[GrumpyOldGuy]

"Froome goes in as red-hot favorite to win the Tour and possibly the only guy that could have beaten him would have been Bradley."

 

Sutton, Sky's Team Principal

 

Hmm, sounds a bit rich to me,............ says who.?

 

Oh, Yeah, Mr Sutton, his team principle, makes sense.!

 

I guess the other 5 odd red hot favorites dont count then.?

[dracs]

Hmm, sounds a bit rich to me,............ says who.?

 

Oh, Yeah, Mr Sutton, his team principle, makes sense.!

 

I guess the other 5 odd red hot favorites dont count then.?

Well yes him and the bookies...!

 

Actually some interesting wild cards I would consider a flutter on (if I were a betting man)... Uran - 200/1, even J-Rod at 14/1....

 

 

 

C Froome 10/11 M Scarponi 300/1 B Feillu 500/1 A Contador 15/8 P Sagan 300/1 L L Sanchez 500/1 Joaquin Rodriguez 14/1 R Kreuziger 300/1 S Gerrans 500/1 T Van Garderen 25/1 T Martin 300/1 B Wiggins N Quintana 25/1 F Kessiakoff 300/1 S Casar 500/1 R Porte 25/1 R Costa 300/1 V Kiryienka 500/1 A Schleck 25/1 T Voeckler 300/1 M Moser 500/1 C Evans 25/1 N Roche 300/1 G Thomas 500/1 A Valverde 25/1 J C Peraud 300/1 C Le Mevel 500/1 R Hesjedal 50/1 J Gadret 400/1 D Arroyo 500/1 J Van Den Broeck 66/1 J Brajkovic 400/1 P Gilbert 500/1 D Martin 80/1 J Vanendert 400/1 F Cancellara 500/1 T Pinot 100/1 C A Sorensen 400/1 P Velits 500/1 P Rolland 100/1 R Taaramae 400/1 M Nieve 500/1 A Talansky 150/1 L Westra 400/1 M Monfort 500/1 R Gesink 150/1 A Kloden 400/1 H Zubeldia 500/1 T De Gendt 150/1 B Mollema 400/1 E Boasson Hagen 500/1 D Cunego 200/1 P Niemiec 400/1 B Intxausti 500/1 R Uran 200/1 I Anton 400/1 R Kiserlovski 500/1 S Henao 200/1 L Leipheimer 500/1 D Pozzovivo 500/1 I Basso 250/1 F Pellizotti 500/1 S Kruijswijk 500/1 J J Cobo 300/1 M Rogers 500/1 D Navarro 500/1 J Coppel 300/1 C Kern 500/1 C Horner 500/1 J Fuglsang 300/1

 

edit - sorry tables don't paste well - heres a link: http://www.paddypowe.../tour-de-france

 

 

And here: http://sports.williamhill.com/bet/en-gb/betting/e/3630084/Tour-de-France-2013-Winner.html

 

 

 

Chris Froome

 

17/10

Alberto Contador

 

14/1

Joaquim Rodriguez

 

20/1

Nairo Quintana

 

22/1

Alejandro Valverde

 

25/1

Andy Schleck

 

25/1

Tejay Van Garderen

 

28/1

Cadel Evans

 

33/1

Richie Porte

 

33/1

Ryder Hesjedal

 

40/1

Jurgen Van Den Broeck

 

50/1

Pierre Rolland

 

50/1

Thibaut Pinot

 

66/1

Samuel Sanchez

 

80/1

Rigoberto Uran

 

80/1

Robert Gesink

 

100/1

Damiano Caruso

 

100/1

Daniel Martin

 

100/1

Denis Menchov

 

100/1

Domenico Pozzovivo

 

100/1

Haimar Zubeldia

 

100/1

Igor Anton

 

100/1

Jakob Fuglsang

 

100/1

Rein Taaramae

 

100/1

Sergio Henao

 

100/1

Thomas De Gendt

 

125/1

Franco Pellizotti

 

150/1

Andrew Talansky

 

150/1

Benat Intxausti

 

150/1

Daniel Moreno

 

150/1

Edvald Boasson Hagen

 

150/1

Frederik Kessiakoff

 

150/1

Janez Brajkovic

 

150/1

Jonathan Tiernan-Locke

 

150/1

Juan Jose Cobo

 

150/1

Michael Rogers

 

150/1

Michele Scarponi

 

150/1

Roman Kreuziger

 

150/1

Vasil Kiryienka

 

200/1

Andreas Kloden

 

200/1

Damiano Cunego

 

200/1

Geraint Thomas

 

200/1

Ivan Basso

 

200/1

Jean-Christophe Peraud

 

200/1

Kevin Seeldraeyers

 

200/1

Levy Leipheimer

 

200/1

Mikel Nieve

 

200/1

Nicholas Roche

 

200/1

Paolo Tiralongo

 

200/1

Peter Sagan

 

200/1

Peter Velits

 

200/1

Rui Costa

 

200/1

Sergey Lagutin

 

200/1

Edited June 3, 2013 by dracs

[Bat-ass]

i see Leipheimers name there? wasnt he bombed in light of Lances confession?

[dracs]

i see Leipheimers name there? wasnt he bombed in light of Lances confession?

no he got the same soft-cock suspension in the off season the rest of them got.

['Dale]

POLL FOR YELLOW

 

I replaced Wiggo with Andy Schleck.

['Dale]

Moer!

 

I see Schleckie received 4 votes already.

 

Gummi', you can only vote once now, eh?

[jcza]

i see Leipheimers name there? wasnt he bombed in light of Lances confession?

 

I thought he retired?

[dracs]

I thought he retired?

Ja I think you are correct actually...

['Dale]

I thought he retired?

 

Just recently.

Very low-key announcement.

[urbanroyal]

At the 200 / 1 odds on Uran...I"ll put a grand on him....you never know...

[T-Bob]

Robert Millar throws it out there about the 'real' reason Twiggy isn't going to play at the tour.

 

http://www.cyclingnews.com/blogs/robert-millar/tales-from-the-underground-the-honeymoon-is-over-for-sky-and-wiggins

[SwissVan]

Robert Millar throws it out there about the 'real' reason Twiggy isn't going to play at the tour.

 

http://www.cyclingne...sky-and-wiggins

 

Hmm seems like there is not much love lost there....touch of sarcasm with Millars comments

 

"The can't train reason might have been valid if he hadn't been doing four-hour rides, trying to hit the required numbers. As anyone who has experienced that kind of pain will tell you can't ride even 30 minutes under any kind of effort with a knee injury so four hours, really?"

 

"This season hasn't been a patch on 2012 for Wiggins and it seems that despite following head coach Tim Kerrison's menu for success like he did previously, this time around he hasn't been hitting the numbers and the results haven't been there. Cue head falling off and the onset of unhappiness"

[dracs]

Robert Millar throws it out there about the 'real' reason Twiggy isn't going to play at the tour.

 

http://www.cyclingne...sky-and-wiggins

sounds pretty speculative to me - but who knows!

[T-Bob]

Hmm seems like there is not much love lost there....touch of sarcasm with Millars comments

 

"The can't train reason might have been valid if he hadn't been doing four-hour rides, trying to hit the required numbers. As anyone who has experienced that kind of pain will tell you can't ride even 30 minutes under any kind of effort with a knee injury so four hours, really?"

 

"This season hasn't been a patch on 2012 for Wiggins and it seems that despite following head coach Tim Kerrison's menu for success like he did previously, this time around he hasn't been hitting the numbers and the results haven't been there. Cue head falling off and the onset of unhappiness"

 

For sure, you've got to love RM though as everyone else pussy foots around being all diplomatic about it.

 

Read a great article from him last year on the problems Sky were going to face when they did the whole 'did you dope' interviews. His theory was that they should have been a bit more like Garmin in working with reformed riders and staff rather than cutting them off wholesale.

 

Seems a lot of what was written is coming true over at the Sky camp now with a lot of new back room staff, rider management, too many chiefs etc...

['Dale]

sounds pretty speculative to me - but who knows!

 

I reckon Wiggo is not as motivated and hungry after reaching so many milestones in his career.

Self-fulfilled. Complete. Done. Finito.